05/26/2021 STIFF FEET
Genesis 19:15-16 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.” When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hand of his wife and of his daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.
[New International translation]
Scripture Discussed
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is a story that is well-known by many believers. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the Quran, and the Hadith.1
There were five cities, known as the cities of the plains, situated along the Jordan River. Two of these cities were Sodom and Gomorrah. These were “good-looking” cities. They were well-watered, green, and suitable for livestock grazing. See Genesis 13:11. Some, like Abraham’s nephew Lot, looked upon Sodom and Gomorrah as a “Garden of Eden.” See Genesis 13:11. What, short-sighted, Lot failed to realize was that “everything that looks good isn’t always good or good for you.”
Although Lot pitched his tent near Sodom, it turned out the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were corrupt and full of evil. See, Gen. 13:12. As a result of the wickedness of these cities, GOD pronounced Divine Judgment and decided to destroy them.
Two angels visited the city of Sodom and met Lot. They warned Lot of the impending danger and told Lot to gather his family and flee. Lot tried to convince his future sons-in-law, men who were pledged to marry his daughters, to leave with his family but the young men thought it a joke (or thought Lot had lost his mind) and just laughed at Lot. See Genesis 19:14.
At dawn, the next morning, when the time was running out, the angels urgently told Lot to just take his wife and two daughters and get out of the city NOW. When Lot hesitated (i.e., or was slow to move), the angels grabbed Lot’s hand, the hands of his wife and daughters, and rushed them safely out of the city. See Genesis 19:16.
GOD saved Lot’s life and the lives of his daughters despite their stiff feet.